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WASHINGTON — As America’s leading pro-Israel group prepares to hear from nearly all the presidential candidates, most eyes in the audience of thousands will be on GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
He’s the wild card whose previous comments about Israel have created some anxiety among many who will attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference this week in Washington.

WASHINGTON — Wealthy donors handed over $25 million last month to an o

WASHINGTON — Army Pvt. Jameson T. Hazelbower went AWOL after learning he was suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl. Despite the potential threat that he posed, the self-described sex addict roamed free for nearly three months before local police collared him in Winnebago, Illinois, near where he grew up.

SEATTLE — A 1906 Medal of Honor recipient who was quietly buried in Seattle over 60 years ago without ceremony or a headstone will receive full military honors at a graveside service Friday.
Emil Fredreksen was one of 11 men awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions aboard the gunboat USS Bennington in San Diego in 1905.
The Danish immigrant died in 1950 at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Seattle. With no known next of kin, he was buried at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle, the Kitsap Sun reported.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A weekend storm bearing down on the Northeast on the first day of spring is expected to dump up to a foot of snow on some parts of New England, making for a very messy Monday morning commute, but could leave behind only a couple of inches and clear skies in some mid-Atlantic cities.

SUNRISE, Fla. — On a night that the Florida Panthers handed out cardboard cutouts of actor Keven Spacey’s face, the “House of Cards” star surprised fans by taking off his “Spacey Facey” mask as the videoboard camera panned around the stands.

Black bear study shows eating human food helps and hurts
DURANGO, Colo. — Black bears that eat human foods from trash cans have higher reproductive rates than those living on natural foods, according to a study by Colorado researchers.
The study by researchers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife also found bears that eat human food don’t survive as long as those left to the wild.
The bears have been fitted with collars that track their location, helping researchers determine how the animals behave.

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s interior minister on Sunday identified the suicide bomber who killed four foreign tourists in Istanbul as a militant with links to the Islamic State group.

BAGHDAD — After months of losing ground in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic Sta